Optionally display Skipping [host] messages.

examples/ansible.cfg

@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ timeout = 10
 # replacing {file}, {host} and {uid} and strftime codes with proper values.
 ansible_managed = Ansible managed: {file} modified on %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S by {uid} on {host}
 
+# by default, ansible-playbook will display "Skipping [host]" if it determines a task
+# should not be run on a host.  Set this to "no" if you don't want to see these "Skipping" 
+# messages.
+# display_skipped_hosts: yes 
+
 # by default (as of 1.3), Ansible will raise errors when attempting to dereference 
 # Jinja2 variables that are not set in templates or action lines. Uncomment this line
 # to revert the behavior to pre-1.3.

lib/ansible/callbacks.py

@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ class PlaybookRunnerCallbacks(DefaultRunnerCallbacks):
         super(PlaybookRunnerCallbacks, self).on_error(host, err)
 
     def on_skipped(self, host, item=None):
+        if constants.DISPLAY_SKIPPED_HOSTS:
             msg = ''
             if item:
                 msg = "skipping: [%s] => (item=%s)" % (host, item)

lib/ansible/constants.py

@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ DEFAULT_LOG_PATH               = shell_expand_path(get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'log_
 
 ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR                = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'nocolor', 'ANSIBLE_NOCOLOR', None, boolean=True)
 ANSIBLE_NOCOWS                 = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'nocows', 'ANSIBLE_NOCOWS', None, boolean=True)
+DISPLAY_SKIPPED_HOSTS          = get_config(p, DEFAULTS, 'display_skipped_hosts', 'DISPLAY_SKIPPED_HOSTS', True, boolean=True)
 ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS               = get_config(p, 'ssh_connection', 'ssh_args', 'ANSIBLE_SSH_ARGS', None)
 ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH       = get_config(p, 'ssh_connection', 'control_path', 'ANSIBLE_SSH_CONTROL_PATH', "%(directory)s/ansible-ssh-%%h-%%p-%%r")
 PARAMIKO_RECORD_HOST_KEYS      = get_config(p, 'paramiko_connection', 'record_host_keys', 'ANSIBLE_PARAMIKO_RECORD_HOST_KEYS', True, boolean=True)